The corpus record

θαρσύνω

tharsuno

encourage, embolden

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Iliad 8 · 0.72/10k
Cyropaedia 4 · 0.51/10k
History 7 · 0.47/10k
Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

encourage, embolden

encourage, embolden, θάρσυνον (aor. imper.) δέ οἱ ἦτορ Il. 16.242; θαρσύνεσκε παριστάμενος ἐπέεσσιν 4.233; θ. μύθῳ 10.190; θ. λόγοις, opp. φοβεῖν, A. Pers. 216 (troch.); ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ X. Cyr. 6.3.27, cf. Hdt. 2.141, Th. 2.59, etc.

intr., = θαρσέω, ἀλλʼ, ὦ φίλη, θάρσυνε S. El. 916.—Cf. θρασύνω.

In the wild

θαρσύνειν · tharsynein Aeschylus, Persians 215
ἐθάρσυνόν · etharsynon Euripides, Phoenissae *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 729)
θαρσύνεις · tharsyneis Euripides, Rhesus (DIORISIS sentence 27)
θαρσύνειν · tharsynein Herodotus, Histories 2.141.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2568)
θαρσύνουσα · tharsynousa Shield of Heracles 325–326
θαρσύνουσα · tharsynousa Theogony 163

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Where it came from

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